There was a notable exit on the second day of the BDO World Championships at Frimley Green as former world champion Ted Hankey was hammered 3-0 by sixth seed Scott Waites.

ANDY FORDHAM was last night in a “stable” condition in a Surrey hospital after being taken ill shortly before his first-round match at the Lakeside World Championship in Frimley Green.

INSURER Ark Life has reported a small rise in premium sales for 2003 after stripping out the effects of Government-backed special savings accounts from the previous year’s results.

UP to two-thirds of endowment mortgages could fail to pay off their loans according to a shock new survey.

NON-STANDARD Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSA) could deprive those planing for their retirement an extra €20,000 in unnecessary costs, an industry expert has warned.

THOUSANDS of people will be forced to survive on pensions worth less than half their original projected values, experts warned yesterday.

LIFE assurance and pensions provider Ark Life had a tougher year in 2002, impacted by the introduction of the Special Saving Incentive Accounts in February, 2001 which remained open to end April, 2002.